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Christian Fiction January 2019
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| On Magnolia Lane by Denise HunterWhat happens: Flower store owner Daisy has often met with Pastor Jack for spiritual counseling...and he has fallen for her. Since their small Georgia town isn't overflowing with young men, Daisy uses a dating app. Jack's friends find out and set up a profile for him using his initials...and Daisy connects with "TJ" online.
Series alert: This is the heartwarming 3rd book in the Blue Ridge Romance series, though fans of the author's standalone novel Sweetbriar Cottage will also recognize a few characters. |
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Searching for you
by Jody Hedlund
What it's about: Committing herself to protecting two children after witnessing a crime, Sophie flees 1850s New York aboard an orphan train and reluctantly requests help from an old friend, a disadvantaged farmer with haunted memories.
Series alert: This is the third book in the author's Orphan Train series. Start with With You Always and Together Forever.
Reviewers say: "This sweet, faith-filled novel beautifully considers the core of what it means to be a family." (Publishers Weekly)
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| Tell Her No Lies by Kelly IrvinStarring: talented photographer Nina Fischer, who was adopted by her uncle, a church-going judge, after her mother abandoned her.
What happens: After her uncle is murdered, Nina becomes the San Antonio cops' number one suspect. To find the real killer, she gets help from the two men in her life -- her childhood friend, who's now a lawyer, and a news videographer she's working with on an art project -- and unearths shocking secrets about her own family.
Is it for you? If you like romantic suspense with strong Christian elements and a love triangle, give Kelly Irvin's latest a try. |
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Everything She Didn't Say
by Jane Kirkpatrick
What it is: a biographical novel imagining the life of Carrie Strahorn, who followed her strong-willed husband (a Union Pacific Railroad investor and writer) across the American West between 1877 and 1925.
About the author: Jane Kirkpatrick writes well-researched historical novels showcasing real women; she based this novel on Strahorn's memoir Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage.
For fans of: Jody Hedlund's Orphan Train series, which also combines fascinating history with richly detailed stories.
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Wait for me
by Susan May Warren
What it's about: A discouraged Search-and-Rescue worker finds the limits of his team's skills tested when two women, including one who broke his heart, are taken captive by a vengeful murderer in the untamed Montana wilderness.
Reviewers say: "Faith becomes crucial as the characters rely on their prayers to get them through the harrowing events." (Publishers Weekly)
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| The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen CobleStarring: businesswoman Claire Dellamore, who goes to a Maine hotel for work and inexplicably has a severe panic attack.
What happens: While walking on the beach nearby, she meets Luke Elwell, home on leave from the Coast Guard, and learns that her family hid the fact that she went missing from the hotel as a child, and that Luke's mother also disappeared then...but was never found.
Series alert: This is the 1st fast-paced romantic suspense novel in the Sunset Cove series. |
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| Home to Holly Springs by Jan KaronWhat it's about: After he receives an anonymous letter reading "come home," newly retired Episcopal priest Father Tim returns to his Mississippi hometown for the first time in decades, an event that leads to his discovery of long-buried secrets.
Series alert: Home to Holly Springs is the 1st in the Father Tim series and the 10th Mitford novel.
Is it for you? All of the Mitford books weave scripture and religious discussions into the everyday lives of characters, but this entry deals with more intense topics than some earlier books. |
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| Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson PolitanoWhat it is: a witty Victorian romance and story-within-a-story that calls to mind the world of Charles Dickens.
What it's about: After her novelist father dies, Aurelie Harcourt leaves debtor's prison (the only home she's ever known) and tries to fit in with his wealthy family (who had no idea she existed). She also sets out to finish his book about her mother's disappearance, but she needs help from an intriguing house guest to uncover family secrets.
Who it's for: those who appreciate lyrical Gothic romances and fresh Christian fiction. |
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